armistice


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
armistice /ˈɑːmɪstɪs/
noun a truce.
– origin C18: from Fr., or from mod. L. armistitium, from arma (see arm2) + -stitium ‘stoppage’.
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